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GeneralRe: Spelling, text speak and punctuation rules for postersmemberJohnny J.12 Nov '12 - 21:17 
I found it very eloquently put - Excellent! Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:
 
BTW: I don't think my employers would have any problem with the text, but possibly about the commercials featuring extremely lightly dressed women. I liked them, though!
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GeneralRe: Spelling, text speak and punctuation rules for postersmemberJohnny J.12 Nov '12 - 21:22 
He missed my favourite pet peeve:
 
"A women went into the coffee shop"
 
(Not being able to see the difference between singular and plural)
Why can't I be applicable like John? - Me, April 2011
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GeneralRe: Spelling, text speak and punctuation rules for postersmemberNagy Vilmos12 Nov '12 - 23:28 
Oops:
[...] WHEN YOU USE HIM A SENTENCE

 
And it was going so well up to that point.


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GeneralRe: Spelling, text speak and punctuation rules for postersmemberAlmadarius13 Nov '12 - 5:02 
My company's web filter detected spyware on that link O.o
 
"The link you are accessing has been blocked by the Barracuda Web Filter because it contains spyware. The name of the spyware is: Spyware.Exploit.Misc.MD.pimpandhost.com"
GeneralRe: Spelling, text speak and punctuation rules for postersmemberthrakazog13 Nov '12 - 6:32 
OriginalGriff wrote:
NSFW

 
"policy restricts access to this web page at all times.
Reason:
The category "Sex" is filtered.
"
 
Guess they do have a problem with it. Gotta wait till i get home i guess.... or use my phone. Roll eyes | :rolleyes:
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GeneralBJOTD - take 2.membermark merrens12 Nov '12 - 6:11 
A guy gets put into a nursing home by his son. He doesn't know if he'll like it at first but decides to give it a try for his son's sake.
 
The first morning in the nursing home he wakes up with a hard-on. Out of nowhere, a beautiful nurse walks in, kneels down and blows him without saying a word.
 
The guy gets on the phone to his son and says, "Son! I LOVE THIS PLACE!!! Thank you so much for putting me in this nursing home!!"
 
The son says, "WOW, pop. You sound really happy. What happened??"
 
The old man says, "You won't believe it. I woke up this morning with a hard-on, and the most beautiful nurse I've ever seen in my life came into my room and blew me!!"
 
"Well that sounds great Dad, congratulations!!"
 
"Well thank you Son" the old man says, and hangs up the phone.
 
Later that day , the old man is walking down the hall in his walker. He slips and falls and can't get up. A big hillbilly orderly comes up to him, rips his pants down, f***s him up the ass, and leaves him lying there in a heap.
 
The old man crawls to a phone and calls his son. "You gotta get me out of this place Son... this place is nuts!!"
 
"What happened pop? You sound terrible!" says the son.
 
"Well I was walking with my walker and I fell down and couldn't get up. Then this big hillbilly orderly came by, ripped my pants down and f***ed me up the ass!!"
 
"Well you know Dad", says the son. "You got a blow-job this morning, you gotta take the bad with the good..."
 
"NO!, you don't understand, Son!" exclaims the old man. "I only get a hard-on once a month! I fall down three - four times a day!!!"
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GeneralBJOTDmembermark merrens12 Nov '12 - 5:21 
A young woman was walking along the street when she saw a ladder with a notice attached to the bottom rungs. It said "CLIMB THE LADDER TO SUCCESS".
 
It so intrigued her that she climbed to the top of the ladder and came to a flat roof where she found a naked man.
 
"Who are you?" she asked.
 
"I'm Cess", he replied.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
 
me, me, me

GeneralRe: BJOTDmemberRichard Deeming12 Nov '12 - 5:55 
Repost![^] Roll eyes | :rolleyes:



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GeneralRe: BJOTDmembermark merrens12 Nov '12 - 6:03 
Oops! Didn't see that. Okay, I'll get another.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
nils illegitimus carborundum
 
me, me, me

GeneralThief proof car for women.mvpOriginalGriff12 Nov '12 - 4:40 
Renault and Ford are working on a new thief proof car for women.
 
They are mixing the Renault Clio and the Ford Taurus and calling it the “Clitaurus.”
 
It comes in pink and the average male car thief won’t be able to find it, even if someone tells him where it is.
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GeneralRe: Thief proof car for women.memberMike Hankey12 Nov '12 - 6:59 
Brilliant!
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GeneralRe: Thief proof car for women.groupSahir Shah12 Nov '12 - 20:19 
Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

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GeneralRe: Thief proof car for women.memberJohnny J.12 Nov '12 - 21:24 
Who the hell would want to steal a car that smells of fish anyway? D'Oh! | :doh:
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Beidh ceol, caint agus craic againn - Seán Bán Breathnach
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Da mihi sis crustum Etruscum cum omnibus in eo!
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Just because a thing is new don’t mean that it’s better - Will Rogers, September 4, 1932

GeneralRe: Thief proof car for women.memberzenwalker198512 Nov '12 - 23:22 
Hehehe i really would like to see gals driving it. Can keep asking them about their car.

GeneralWhat really happened at Media City...memberNagy Vilmos12 Nov '12 - 1:22 
Newsnight Downfall[^]
 
Share and enjoy.


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GeneralRe: What really happened at Media City...memberChrisElston12 Nov '12 - 2:39 
I'm a little confused reading the papers at the moment.
 
Apparently the BBC making errors in journalism is worse than people raping children.
 
It's all very strange.
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GeneralRe: What really happened at Media City...memberChris Quinn12 Nov '12 - 3:13 
... and Newsnight didn't actually name the alleged fiddler!
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GeneralRe: What really happened at Media City...memberChrisElston12 Nov '12 - 3:18 
Although lots and lots of other places had, and the victim himself had been telling everyone who would listen for years who it was.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
 
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GeneralRe: What really happened at Media City...memberChris Quinn12 Nov '12 - 3:30 
When I first heard the Newsnight story, I had some guesses about who was supposedly involved, But McApline was not one of the names that sprang to mind - I can't honestly say that I can remember having heard of him before, and I lived through the horror of the Thatcher administration, having graduated 1n 1980.
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GeneralRe: What really happened at Media City...memberBergholt Stuttley Johnson12 Nov '12 - 4:49 
yet when shown a picure he said that it wasnt him (nor was it the senior policeman he accused previously)
 
does make you think when the self confessed left wing biased BBC shows a program by a labour funded agency that points a finger at a high profile Tory
 
was it a case of bad journalism or was it something else?
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GeneralRe: What really happened at Media City...memberChrisElston12 Nov '12 - 4:53 
The claim I'd seen was that he was previously shown a picture of a man and when he said "Yes, that's him" was told it was Lord McAlpine, so had been telling everyone it was McAlpine ever since.
 
McApline had been named by David Icke amongst others years ago, and was long rumoured to be the man involved, then a week before this Newsnight ran he was named in a different online publication, along with some other details.
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GeneralRe: What really happened at Media City...memberBergholt Stuttley Johnson12 Nov '12 - 5:01 
seemingly he first accused a senior Police office who it turn out could not have been involved, then he claims he was show a picture that was identified as McAlpine, yet when recently shown pictures of Mcalpine now (and as he was then) he claims these were not of the man in the original picture, so in the last 30 years he never saw a piture of McAlpine?
 
If you read the orginial report the judge clear says that he had no doubt this guy was abused but he had no credibility as a whitness, yet the same claims were used to point the finger at an inocent man, the exact reason why slander and lible laws were introduced.
 
(and bear in mind the credibility of David Icke is somewhere beween nill and a cheap science fiction novel)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
 
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

GeneralRe: What really happened at Media City...memberChris Quinn12 Nov '12 - 5:07 
I believe it's probable he was shown a picture of another Lord McAlpine - Robert[^], rather than Alistair[^], so it's easy to understand his confusion.
 
I have no idea what either one looks like so I wouldn't know one from the other.
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GeneralRe: What really happened at Media City...memberBergholt Stuttley Johnson12 Nov '12 - 5:12 
I believe that both have been cleared (it may have been a McAlpine but it seems it wasnt one of the lord's or even a close relative of them)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
 
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.

GeneralRe: What really happened at Media City...memberChrisElston12 Nov '12 - 5:17 
They seem to be mostly saying it was a deceased cousin (Jimmy) who live in North Wales, although the fella you suggest was responsible for a number of children's charities and homes for quite a long time.
 
Essentially people talk more once those they are accusing are dead because the libel laws protect the rich, the burden of proof is reversed in defamation cases, and you need a lot of money to defend yourself.
Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
 
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